Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Appointment Phone: 443-997-0270

Background

Dr. Matthews Chacko is faculty for interventional cardiologist for the Coronary Care Unit, the Tayer Firm of the Osler and Director of peripheral vascular interventions at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He specializes in using minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures to help patients who have had a heart attack or are at high risk for one. Dr. Chacko also performs minimally invasive aortic valve replacement (TAVR) surgery. As an assistant professor of medicine, he mentors students to be compassionate practitioners in times of crisis for patients and their families.

Dr. Chacko received his bachelor’s degree from Azusa Pacific University in California and his medical degree from the University of Kansas. He completed his residency at Johns Hopkins and his cardiology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2005 as an assistant professor of medicine at the Heart and Vascular institute. Dr. Chacko’s research interests involve finding safer and more effective interventions for cardiovascular diseases.